It was one of those great "politicians are people, too" moments in which we talked as much about our kids as we did state politics. (And, no, I gained no great insight into Steelman's future political plans; though I tried).

But we did talk about the changed culture in Jefferson City, and how members of the two principal parties are less collegial than they were when either of the Steelmans were in the state senate. Eventually, for the sake of taxpayers, something has to be done about that.

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Why? Much like the city's recently passed law on the same topic, restaurants and bars will be exempted because of the way gross receipts are counted. In other words, unless a bar has a specific percentage of its receipts that come from alcohol, people under 21 will still be granted admission and the law won't effect the establishment.

The loophole, both Sheriff Jack Merritt and Prosecutor Darrell Moore indicated, has to do with allowing bars to count cover charges as non-alcohol revenue.

The city's already discovered this problem with their law. It's another example, in my opinion, why a TRULY community wide approach is needed. For example, at this meeting yesterday, there was lots of law enforcement, but where were the university folks. Were they even invited?

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